Dr. Avanti Redkar, DPM

Updated
1/27/2020

Dr. Avanti Redkar is board certified in podiatric medicine and joined UFAI under a fellowship in sports medicine and ankle reconstruction. She specializes in foot and ankle pathology and also completed a dermatopathology fellowship in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Born in Pune, India, she and her family immigrated to Auburn, Alabama when she was four years old and then settled down near Scranton, Pennsylvania when she was eight.

She attended undergrad at the University of Scranton and graduated with a degree in biology. From there, she attended SUNY Buffalo to earn a Master’s degree in nutrition, and then podiatry school at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine.

She completed her surgical residency at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, New York, where she was trained in foot and rearfoot surgery, wound care, and hyperbaric medicine.

Like many at UFAI, Dr. Redkar loves to move and enjoys an active and vibrant recreational life. Growing up, she would challenge her parents and younger brother to games of tennis.

She continued to play sports throughout high school, and during her time as an undergrad she competed in intramural soccer with her fellow biology “nerds” on a team dubbed “The Double Helix.” She also loves swimming, hiking and several intense workout programs.

Although Dr. Redkar loved dancing, the rigorous training required to master the precise steps and statuesque poses was hard on her feet. She repeatedly twisted her ankle and regularly developed calluses and painful blisters. She visited several doctors for help, with no luck until she finally saw a podiatrist. He showed her the proper strapping and offloading devices that could help ease the pain. The good doctor even attended the ceremony to assist should anything happen to Dr. Redkar’s ankle. To this day, she swears that “without my podiatrist, I would not have been able to perform!”

Dr. Redkar is married and lives on the Westside with her husband and their unbelievably adorable dog, Wrigley.

Dr. Redkar, DPM is available for consultation at our Mid-Wilshire location.

Dr. Redkar Yelp Patient Review, in her own words...

The following five star Yelp review was posted by University Foot and Ankle patient, Takashi.

In March of 2017, I ruptured my left achilles tendon while playing sports. My orthopedic surgeon at the time gave me basically only one option, open surgery.

I did some research and discovered there was another option, PARS (percutaneous Achilles repair system). This type of surgery was less invasive and the recovery time was much faster. My orthopedist did not offer this, he only offered open surgery. University Foot & Ankle was the name that always came up while researching PARS.

I scheduled an appointment and met with Dr. Redkar. Dr Redkar was warming and attentive from the first encounter. She gave me 2 options, non operative which require months of casting or surgery with PARS technique. Of course, I opted for the PARS surgery technique.

During my whole experience, from office visits to surgery then follow ups, Dr Redkar and the office staffs were incredible. I'm on my way back to normal now, and I owe it all to Dr Redkar. Thank you so much.

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